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"word": "micro trenching"
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"text": "At the micro level he was a good manager. At the macro level he failed."
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"(colloquial) Clipping of microwave oven."
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"ref": "1984, Mike Gerrard, Bryan Skinner, Mr Chips comes home: micros and home education, page 23",
"text": "If you can possibly afford to spend a few more pounds then you should move up into the next price bracket, where the potential of the home micro starts to be realised.",
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{
"ref": "1986, Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986",
"text": "So what sort of hero is this bounding, bomb collecting midget? The answer is an arcade hero - and now he's let loose in your micro courtesy of conversion kings, Elite."
}
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"text": "Micros, peseras, camiones, colectivos, a lo largo de la historia el transporte público de México ha adquirido diversos nombres, pero ¿de dónde provienen?",
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"text": "De acuerdo con la información que recogió CORREO DEL SUR, la noche del 24 de febrero el chofer de un micro se estaba recogiendo en su vehículo con su pareja por la zona de Lajastambo, donde, aparentemente, la mujer se cayó; por lo menos, eso es lo que dijo el hombre a las autoridades.",
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{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2022 February 27, “Dos mujeres heridas tras el vuelco de un micro en la autopista a Santa Fe”, in El Ciudadano",
"text": "Dos mujeres resultaron heridas este domingo tras el vuelco de un micro en la autopista Rosario-Santa Fe.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"text": "2022 March 2, “Una mujer está grave al ser atropellada por un micro en Godoy Cruz”, in Mendoza Post:",
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"text": "La coalición fue en las calles Rodrigo de Araya y Exequiel Fernández de la mencionada comuna de la región Metropolitana, donde una micro de la RED metropolitana de Movilidad (exTransantiago) no respetó la luz roja del semáforo, lo que provocó que impactará contra el auto del chofer de Uber.",
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"text": "Anoche, la víctima fue el espacio televisivo 'La Noche en 24 horas' (TVE), de Xabier Fortes, que tuvo que hacer frente al incómodo momento en el que un micro abierto captaba lo que parecía ser el grifo del baño y una voz.",
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"text": "Era entonces cuando el micrófono abierto de Lydia hacía el resto encendiendo una mecha que sigue vigente hoy en incontables medios digitales. Lozano aseguraba a uno de sus compañeros sin saber que su micro estaba abierto: \"No se sabe nada. Ni que sí ni que no\".",
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}
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"ref": "1986, Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986",
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}
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"(fetishism) a very small person"
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"Rhymes:Spanish/ikɾo/2 syllables",
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
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"Spanish lemmas",
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"Spanish nouns",
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"text": "Micros, peseras, camiones, colectivos, a lo largo de la historia el transporte público de México ha adquirido diversos nombres, pero ¿de dónde provienen?",
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{
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"text": "Dos mujeres resultaron heridas este domingo tras el vuelco de un micro en la autopista Rosario-Santa Fe.",
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},
{
"text": "2022 March 2, “Una mujer está grave al ser atropellada por un micro en Godoy Cruz”, in Mendoza Post:",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"public bus"
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"bus"
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],
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"(Argentina) public bus"
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"word": "colectivo"
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],
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],
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}
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"Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
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"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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"text": "La coalición fue en las calles Rodrigo de Araya y Exequiel Fernández de la mencionada comuna de la región Metropolitana, donde una micro de la RED metropolitana de Movilidad (exTransantiago) no respetó la luz roja del semáforo, lo que provocó que impactará contra el auto del chofer de Uber.",
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},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2022 January 12, “Conductor de Uber internado de gravedad tras ser chocado por una micro”, in 24 Horas",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2022 February 22, “Hombre muere tras ser baleado al interior de una micro en Puente Alto”, in T13",
"text": "Durante la mañana de este sábado un hombre murió tras ser baleado al interior de una micro en la comuna de Puente Alto.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"public bus"
],
"links": [
[
"bus",
"bus"
]
],
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"(Chile) public bus"
],
"tags": [
"Chile",
"feminine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmikɾo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmi.kɾo]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ikɾo"
}
],
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}
{
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"Rhymes:Spanish/ikɾo",
"Rhymes:Spanish/ikɾo/2 syllables",
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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"2": "microondas"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"plural"
]
}
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},
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"name": "es-noun"
}
],
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"mi‧cro"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Peninsular Spanish"
],
"glosses": [
"microwave"
],
"links": [
[
"microwave",
"microwave"
]
],
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"(Spain) microwave"
],
"tags": [
"Spain",
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈmikɾo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmi.kɾo]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ikɾo"
}
],
"word": "micro"
}
{
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"Rhymes:Spanish/ikɾo",
"Rhymes:Spanish/ikɾo/2 syllables",
"Spanish 2-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
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{
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"1": "es",
"2": "micrófono"
},
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"name": "m"
}
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "micro m (plural micros)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"mi‧cro"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Peninsular Spanish",
"Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
"Spanish terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It's not everyday that the microphone of your favorite singer falls from the sky.",
"ref": "2022 March 4, Alberto Palao Murcia, “DUA LIPA VIVE UN MOMENTO “TIERRA, TRÁGAME” CUANDO SE LE CAE EL MICRO EN MITAD DE UN CONCIERTO”, in Los 40",
"text": "Y es que no todos los días te cae del cielo un micro de tu cantante favorita.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2022 February 22, M. C. P., “Un micro abierto deja al descubierto la visita al baño de un invitado de 'La noche en 24 horas'”, in ABC",
"text": "Anoche, la víctima fue el espacio televisivo 'La Noche en 24 horas' (TVE), de Xabier Fortes, que tuvo que hacer frente al incómodo momento en el que un micro abierto captaba lo que parecía ser el grifo del baño y una voz.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
"ref": "2022 February 24, “Un micro abierto en Sálvame desvela la situación de Paz Padilla con el programa”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)",
"text": "Era entonces cuando el micrófono abierto de Lydia hacía el resto encendiendo una mecha que sigue vigente hoy en incontables medios digitales. Lozano aseguraba a uno de sus compañeros sin saber que su micro estaba abierto: \"No se sabe nada. Ni que sí ni que no\".",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mic, microphone"
],
"links": [
[
"mic",
"mic"
],
[
"microphone",
"microphone"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Spain) mic, microphone"
],
"tags": [
"Spain",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmikɾo/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈmi.kɾo]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ikɾo"
}
],
"word": "micro"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: fetishism",
"path": [
"micro"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "micro",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: fetishism",
"path": [
"micro"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "micro",
"trace": ""
}
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